Who can be defined "Minority"?

[grettlin]

I just read the ADEA web site and read their publishes. They mention about minority student.
Who can be defined minority? Do they have any
benefit? Thanks.

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[UofM01]

When applying to dental school the only groups considered minorities are: Hispanics, Cubans and African Americans. I may be wrong but I also think Asians are considered minorities by the ADEA.

 

[Yah-E]

Minority = Hispanics, African American, American Indians, socioeconomical disadvantage applicants, and women (I am not 100% sure about women, but others I'm 100% positive)

Asian Americans ARE NOT considered minority applicants in the medical/dental applications process!

Advantages of minority applicants are MANY!! I believe that there's a HUGE push to recruit minority applicants in about 80 % of the dental schools in the US (some dental schools, I simply just do not see ANY diversity!!).

Oh yes, I forgot, if you're from Mars, Pluto, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, or you have a shoe size bigger than 24 with hairy feet, then you are also considered a minority in the application process! <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

 

[fourpointohoh]

Hey UM01,

By the way, Cubans are Hispanics... (I'm one of them). I also heard that some Hispanics, such as Cuban-Americans, are not considered for Minority recruitment for allopathic schools, but are considered for Dental schools. The reason being Cuban-Americans are not underrepresented in medical schools but are in dental schools. There are other minorities that this applies to (Asians) also however I'm not exactly sure which ones and why...

comments, questions?

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[grettlin]

Thanks for your replies. Since I am an Asian American, I would like to know the group of minority. Thanks!

 

[baracuda]

Why would asians be considered a minority for dental school? Half of every dental school matriculatnts are asian (in CA anyway). I don't see under-representation there.

 

[vixen]

if anything asians are overrepresented (including southeast asia), and women are NOT minorites. Sucks for me

 

[Yah-E]

I'm telling you guys, ASIANS are not considered as minorities in medical or dental school applications!! Doesn't matter if you're Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or other Asian countries! Unless, unless, you're first generation college graduate and you're from an extremely POOR POOR POOR POOR POOR family background, then maybe, maybe you'll be considered a minority applicant!!! I'm Chinese, I should know this!

 

[EyeCandy]

Hey guys,
I was wondering what the big deal with applying as a minority was, do you fill out a separate application along w/ the AADSAS application or just check off a slot for minority status?? Is it that you get screened differently by each dental school you applied to or do schools have a certain number of seats open only for minority students? Please reply if you can shed some light on the above questions, thanks.

 

[PrayingEmilio]

Heyyy---what about Arabics? I am exactly half Arabic and half Italian, and I sure don't look like a white boy!!
Do I count? I've tried to read really hard into the guidelines.....

 

[bad_hombre]

What if you're half hispanic and half asian (like me). Do I count as hispanic? Spanish is my first language and I don't know any chinese. both my parents are hispanic/asian. Thanks for the input.

 

[dragonfly9]

Hey guys, I was born to an endangered Giant River Otter mother and raised by wild lemurs. What does that make me?

I'd assume that you would go with your gut for minority classification. If you are racially mixed and identify with one particular under represented community, that is probably what the schools are looking for. They want to see that as many different communities as possible will be served by the dentists they train, so I would assume that an emphasis on how one's minority status would help this cause would be more important than stating it in hopes of better odds of acceptance.

 

[MYDDSDREAM]

I was reading this post and found it very interesting. I applied as Hispanic, both my parents are from a Central American country. My mother is also a widow and until a few years ago we were very poor. I have one sibling who is three years my senior. We worked to support my mother who is to this day disabled. I don't want to furnish a "sob" story for you all, but this is my story. I have a competitive gpa and DAT scores are good. I have volunteered as a firefighter and an EMT among other acts of what they call "human service". Looking at stats printed in "Oppurtunities for Minority Students in United States Dental Schools", which is published by American Association of Dental Schools there is not a significant number of "minorities" enrolling. I don't think that being a "minority" makes a big difference in the application process. Am I wrong??

 

[Yah-E]

As long as you have two drops of blood in you that is from one of the heavy recruited minority group, you can be considered as a minority!! Remember, you must have at least TWO drops of minority blood, not one!!! You do not have to be full blooded American Indian for example to be considered to be an American Indian!

As far as advantages goes in the application process, obviously if you have high academic numbers and a great experienced background, you will be mashed into with the rest of the applicant pool. If your academic is STRONG, you will get in no matter what your ethinicity is!! Also in this type situation where you are a strong applicant, your ethinicity will be noted and you will mostly likely be chosen to be accepted if you were to compete with a Caucasian or an Asian applicant that has the exact same academic credentials.

I strongly believe that being from a minority group, the advantage will be more noticeable "IF" your academic numbers are below the average within the applicant pool! For example, while normal standards for cumulative GPA is a 3.0 for Caucasian and Asian applicants, the standard cumulative GPA for a minority applicant is a 2.8 (hypothetically) just to increase minority enrollment!

Bottom line, minority applicants are heavily recruited now and it will increase as the years goes on. If given two applicants with the same academic numbers and one of them is a minority applicant and the other is a Caucasian or an Asian applicant, the minority applicant will recieve a higher recognition and attention due to the big push to recruit minority applicants! If you have a lower GPA and DAT scores (but still presentable) AND you're a minority, your admission chances are greater than a Caucasian or an Asian applicant with the same numbers.

Also should be noted, minority recruitment is dearly heavy emphasized at certain dental schools while it is not in others. Some dental schools has summer programs for minority applicants to better their admission chances, but most dental schools do not have such programs!

I'm not sure if Arabics are considered as minorities, but do not quote me on this. I know for a fact that follow ethinicity groups are considered minority groups according to ADEA:

Hispanics
American Indians
African Americans

Factors that "MAY" help you in the application process to be in a minority group:

Women
Socio-economical disadvantage background
First generation college graduate

For sure NOT considered as minorities:

Asians
Caucasians
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